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Graduation Rate

Leadership in the 91�Թ��� Divinity School utilize data from the Association of Theological Schools’ (ATS) annual Strategic Information Report (SIR), which provides national data for benchmarking, to evaluate the graduation rates for its masters programs. 91�Թ��� expects to exceed the national graduation rates for both the Master of Divinity and Master of Theological Studies degrees.

The class of 2025 for each of 91�Թ��� Divinity School’s master’s programs outperformed the national average graduation rate for all ATS schools, as follows:

• Master of Divinity: 62% graduation rate, as compared to the national (all ATS schools) graduation rate of 56%.
• Master of Theological Studies: 82% graduation rate, as compared to the national (all ATS schools) graduation rate of 50%.

Graduation rate data for the Doctor of Ministry program will be available following the release of the 2026 ATS report.

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91�Թ��� Divinity School’s administrators and faculty utilize the Association of Theological Schools’ (ATS) annual��Strategic Information Report��(SIR) to evaluate the placement, or outcomes, of graduates. The SIR calculates a positive placement rate, which enables 91�Թ��� to benchmark against national norms. 91�Թ��� excepts to meet or exceed the positive placement rate for each graduating class.

• The 2025 SIR indicates a positive placement rate for 91�Թ��� Divinity School graduates of 92%, which exceeds all ATS schools (89%).

Leadership in the School of Engineering monitor several factors of student achievement, as posted on the school’s��. The administration and faculty in VUSE also closely monitor the graduation rate data for the school’s professional master’s in engineering (ME) programs. Leadership expects a three-year average graduation rate to meet or exceed 80%.

• The most recent three-year average (admit cohorts 2021-2023) graduation rate for ME programs is 83%, exceeding leadership's expectations.

Leadership also monitors time to graduation for the ME programs, and expects an overall average time to graduation of less than 2.0 years.

• The most recent three-year average time to graduation for commencement years 2023-2025 was 1.6 years, exceeding leadership's expectations.

The 91�Թ��� Law School, accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA), closely monitors three metrics to evaluate student achievement: bar passage rates; attrition rates; employment outcomes. As required by the ABA, annual reports documenting 91�Թ���’s performance on these metrics are available on the Consumer Information��.

Bar Passage Rate

The 91�Թ��� Law School’s administration and faculty evaluate the ABA’s annual Standard 509 Information Reports (found on the VLS Consumer Information��) and benchmarks against the national average passage rate for all ABA approved law schools. It is expected that each graduating cohort from the law school will exceed the ABA’s minimum ultimate bar passage rate of 75%, with the goal of achieving a 100% ultimate passage rate. Furthermore, the law school expects to exceed the average passage rate for ABA approved law schools in the top five jurisdictions in which VLS graduates sit for the bar.

• The VLS graduating class of 2023 (most recent available) achieved an ultimate bar passage rate of 98.47%.
• The VLS class of 2025 exceeded the passage rates for all ABA approved law schools in the top five jurisdictions in which 91�Թ��� graduates sat for the bar.

Attrition Rate

The ABA’s Standard 509 Information Reports provide data regarding two types of attrition: academic and “other”. 91�Թ��� expects to have no academic attrition and strives to have no “other” attrition.

• The Standard 509 Information Reports from the previous four years on the 91�Թ��� Law School’s Consumer Information reveal no academic attrition and virtually no (less than 1%) “other” attrition.

Employment Outcomes

In accordance with ABA requirements, 91�Թ��� Law School makes employment outcomes reports publicly available on its Consumer Information��. Administrators and faculty utilize this information to evaluate the achievement of graduates, and expects to exceed a 90% employment rate while striving for a 100% employment rate.

• The employment reports over the past four years document 91�Թ���’s achievement of greater than a 90% employment rate, with the most recent class (2025) achieving a 99.4% employment rate.

The administration and faculty in the Owen Graduate School of Management (Owen) monitor employment outcomes as a key metric for student achievement. Furthermore, Owen’s By the Numbers ��documents a wealth of statistics about students’ and graduates’ performance and achievements.

Employment Outcomes

Using the MBA�� (CESA), Owen’s administrators and faculty monitor employment outcomes and set expectations to exceed CESA’s standards for employment rates for MBA programs. CESA’s standards state that programs should know the outcomes for at least 75% of graduates from specialty master’s programs and 85% for MBA programs. 91�Թ��� expects to meet these knowledge rates, and also expects each program to achieve a three-year average employment rate of at least 85%.

Owen routinely surpasses CESA's knowledge rate standards, dipping no lower than a 90% knowledge rate for any master's program for the past 5 years. The most recent three-year average employment rates for Owen's programs exceeded the school's employment rate expectations, as follows:

• MBA – 91.7% three-year average employment rate
• MSF – 95% three-year average employment rate
• MMARK – 87.3% three-year average employment rate
• MAcc – 100% three-year average employment rate

The 91�Թ��� School of Medicine (SOM) offers both graduate and professional degree programs. Generally, student achievement within the graduate programs is evaluated using the Graduate Student Achievement data presented above. However, the SOM administration and faculty do monitor two metrics locally to ensure student achievement: time to degree and productivity. With respect to the professional programs, SOM leadership monitors licensure/certification passage rates to evaluate student achievement.

Time to Degree

Using the same data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates that informs 91�Թ���’s overall graduate student achievement data, the Biological and Biomedical Sciences program expects to maintain or exceed a median time to degree of 7 years.

• Historically, graduates achieve a competitive time-to-degree of under six years. The 2024 cohort finished in an average of 5.4 years and the 2025 cohort completed in 5.3 years.

Productivity

Leadership in the SOM overseeing the graduate programs also monitors doctoral candidates’ productivity with respect to the number of publications authored. Using internally-tracked data in collaboration with PubMed, leadership expects doctoral candidates to have published at least two papers, one of which being a first-author paper.

• Data from 2020-2025 reveal graduates from the SOM’s graduate programs published an average of over 5 papers (5.3), with at least 2 (2.2, on average) being a first-author paper.

Licensing and Certification Examinations

91�Թ��� evaluates student success on state and national licensing examinations.

Leadership in the SOM evaluate students’ performance on the United States Medical Licensing Examination’s (USMLE) Step 1 and Step 2 CK exams expect students to meet or exceed the national passage rates for both examinations.

• U.S. Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE) pass rates for each section of the USMLE have ranged between 90-100% over the last four years (2020-2025).

91�Թ���’s student achievement for 2023-24 and 2024-25 are presented below.

91�Թ���’ School of Nursing offers fully online programs, hybrid programs, and one fully in-person program. Leadership and faculty monitor student achievement for each program, and primarily focus on graduation rates and passage rates for licensure/certification exams.

Graduation Rates

Using the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) standards, 91�Թ��� expects to meet or exceed an 80% graduation rate for the Doctor of Nursing Program and a 90% graduation rate for each of its master’s programs.

• The class of 2025 achieved a 87% graduation rate from the DNP program.
• The Master of Science in Nursing program had an 85% graduation rate in 2025.

Licensing and Certification Examinations Passage Rates

CCNE also sets standards for passage rates, such that programs should maintain at least an 80% passage rate for both the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) and specialty examinations. 91�Թ��� expects to maintain a 90% passage rate for the NCLEX and an 80% passage rate for specialty examinations.

• Recent data supports strong performance, with the most recent class (2025) having earned a passage rate of 99% for PreSpecialty graduates and 93% for MN graduates on the NCLEX. Graduates also earned at least an 80% passage rate on the specialty examinations. More details are provided on VUSN's .

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Peabody College of Education monitors student achievement for its professional programs and, in line with the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation’s (CAEP) expectations, makes these data available. Graduation rates, licensure/certification passage rates, and employment outcomes serve as primary metrics for student achievement.

Graduation Rates

Leveraging multiple years of data to inform trends and overall performance, the administration and faculty at Peabody College expect that each cohort of graduates from the various master’s programs and the in-person doctoral program will exceed a 90% graduation rate while striving for a 100% rate. For the online program, 91�Թ��� expects to exceed a 70% graduation rate while striving for at least an 85% graduation rate.

• The class of 2026 for Peabody’s master’s programs achieved a 93% graduation rate.
• The class of 2026 for Peabody’s in-person doctoral programs achieved a 100% graduation rate.
• For the online EdD program, the class of 2026 achieved a 78% graduation rate.

Licensure/Certification Passage��Rates

For all of Peabody’s programs leading to licensure/certification (which includes both undergraduate and professional programs), the administration and faculty monitor passage rates for both the PRAXIS II Performance and edTPA examinations. In benchmarking against the passage rates for teacher preparation programs in the state of Tennessee, Peabody utilizes the state's Educator Preparation Report Card, which combines performance on both exams to generate an overall Pedagogical Assessment Pass Rate. Leadership expects to meet or exceed a 95% passage rate, as well as to exceed the state's overall pass rate.

• The 2025 Report Card shows a passage rate for Peabody test-takers of 99.7%, which exceeds the state's overall pass rate of 97.3%.

Employment Outcomes

Peabody’s Career Services team supports professional students in navigating their career search. Each year, the Career Services team produces an��, which presents the achievements of each cohort. Using the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) standards, Peabody expects to have a knowledge of outcomes for at least 90% of each graduating cohort, as well as an employment rate of at least 90%.

• The Career Services 2024-2025 report shows a knowledge rate of 98% for the class of 2025, which achieved an employment rate of 95%.

The Clinical Science Program in Psychological Sciences provides various facts regarding outcomes for enrolled students The information may be found��here.

Licensing and Certification Examinations

91�Թ��� evaluates student success on state and national licensing examinations, and expects to maintain at least an 80% passage rate, as represented by a 10-year average due to low program enrollment numbers.

• The most recent 10-year licensure rate is 82%.